26. Glyphidoceridae – glyphidocerid moths

Small (17–20 mm wingspan) moths with relatively wide wings. Superficially, adults resemble larger gelechiids, such as those of the genus Filatima, but can be distinguished by their broad, fan-shaped hindwings. Th e biology of this family is unknown.

Glyphidocerids were very recently assigned family status (Hodges 1999a). Fortynine species are known, all in the New World and all in the genus Glyphidocera . Eleven species are known in North America, one of which is known from AB. Th e group is in need of revision; many undescribed species have been collected, and no comprehensive works exist. Individual species have been described recently by Adamski and Brown (1987), Adamski (2000), and Adamski and Metzler (2000).

189 * R Glyphidocera hurlberti Adamski, 2000 L Jun – M Sep – b g T: Adamski (2000)

L: Pohl et al. (2005) C: NFRC, UASM